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Congress's New Encryption Bill Just Leaked, and It's as Bad as Experts Imagined
- levemi 11y agoProbably leaked on purpose to gauge the reaction to it before publishing it and then officially looking like idiots. I can't imagine what they were expecting. Is there a non-government agency, a private or public company that is supporting this kind of legislation?
- fapjacks 11y agoWell, let's be honest here... Did anyone expect anything different from these two?
- gatsby99 11y agoWhy do you Americans put up with these things? Is it not time for a new government?
- the_d00d 11y agoExcuse me, but where are you from? I don't support this bill, but it is not yet law. Your implication that we should overthrow the government because a couple of dim representatives drafted an unpopular bill, that hasn't been made law, is juvenile.
- panarky 11y agoI can say without exaggeration that this draft bill is the most ludicrous, dangerous, technically illiterate tech policy proposal of the 21st century so far. And that's saying a lot.
- sargas 11y agoWhen will they actually consult with various IT-literate parties before making decisions that affect the way IT-related professionals will have to operate? I don't think they are stupid enough to not have thought of that. So I wonder what motivates them to write that kind of bill.
- greenyoda 11y agoMain discussion here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11456907 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11456907